Garment-fastener.



-C. READ.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION man JUNE 3.191s.

Patented June 4, 1918..

CHARLES READ, OF RICHMOND HILL, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Application filed June 3, 1916. Serial No. 101,487.

I "call whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES READ, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Richmond Hill, borough of Queens, State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fae teners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This device is a snap fastener, and while I am well aware that muchdevelopment has taken placein this art, I believe that I have designed afastener having distinct advantages. s s b The principal advantages ofmy invention reside in the fact that the fastener is flat inconstruction, and may be passed through a wringer or iron Withoutdestroying the possibility of operation.

I have avoided the socket usually found in snap fasteners, and at thesame time obviated the necessity of milling the socket for theintroduction of the spring.

I have provided a spring in line for direct engagement with the stud orpost, and I have protected the springagainstdisplace ment or damage thatmight result from an exposed spring contacting with a portion of thegarment or with other surfaces. All of these advantages and others notenumer ated, and the peculiar construction of my device will be setforth as the specification progresses. s s

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out thisinvention] and the. accompanying drawings form a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 shows atop plan view of a fastener. i

Fig. '2 a bottomview thereof.

Fig. 3 an elevation of the stud member.

Fig. 4; an enlargedsectional view showing one operation of the device.

Fig. 5 a similar view showing another operation of the device.

The remaining figures are top plan views with a part removed to discloseto view the spring members. b

Fig. 6 a construction wherein the spring member is secured by stitching.

Fig. 7 a construction wherein the spring member is of a different shape.

Fig. 8 a construction wherein the spring member furnishes the securingmeans, and

Fig. 9 shown an elevation, a disk of modified construction.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June a, 1918.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures wherethey appear.

My fasteners in common with other fasteners of this general classconsists of two main body members, one of which is adapted to beinserted and secured into another.

.The device having a projection I will term a plug member, and thisconsists of a plate 1, having a centrally raised plug 2, which plug isprovided with an annular groove 8, continuing around its wholeperiphery, at a point about midwaybetween the base and plate 1, and thetop of the plug 2. It will be noted that in my fastener the plug 2, neednot be high, and that the groove this a sharp groove. This is importantas a high standing plug member has been found objectionable, in that itwill crush in ironing or wringing, thus making the entire fastenerinoperative.

The plate 1, is provided with'a plurality of perforations by means ofwhich the plate may be secured to a garment.

The other portion of the fastener consists of a dished member having aflat disk el, provided with an oval shaped perforation 5. at about itsaxial center.

The edges of the dished member i, are upwardly and inwardly turned asindicated at 6, and within this member I arrange a spring 7, and overthe spring I place another centrally perforated disk 8, which isretained by theinwardly turned portions :6, of the member with which itis associated,

and it will be observed that the disk 8, retains the spring in positionand protects it against contact with the material to which the fasteneris secured.

The spring 7, in the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is formed with acentral eye 9,, which coincides with the perforation 5, and as the eye9, is formed as a round loop, and the perforation 5, is oval, a portionof the eye 9, will overlie and may be observed through the perforation5.

After the eye 9, is formed the ends of the spring are caused to approacheach other and then to diverge, assuming the contour of the walls 6, toaccomplish this I produce return bends 10 and 11, which, althoughclosely adjacent to each other, do not impinge upon each other, as it isdesirable that a free movement of the spring be possible at all times.

Although the perforation 5, in the plate 4, is oval, the plug 2, whichwill. be engaged in that plate is round. This suggests a function of mydevice that I have found im portant, and which materially adds to thesatisfactory operation of the completed device. In Fig. 4, I have shownthe normal position ofthe parts when they are engaged, and when nostrain is placed upon the garment, but when a strain occurs the partsare drawn into the position shown in Fig. 5. The plug being looked uponthe edge of the perforation, 5, and as the size of the perforation isless at this end, the plug may well be considered as jammed into aeontracted opening. This adds materially to the strength of the fastenerand its ability to. resist strains, but when the strain is released thespring carries the plug to a position from whence it may be releasedwithout difficulty.

By ntilizing two plates 4 and 8 and by arranging my spring 7, betweenthese plates, I overcome the necessity of providing a s k t r he ec p oof th P s 9, nd further I add materially to the strength of this member,for as the plates 4 and 8, impinge upon the spring and are supported byeach other, and by the spring, the socket member of my fastener cannotbe crushed when the garment is laundried.

The principle of my invention is a spring ciroumferentially engaging arecessed post and in experimenting with the construction I have foundthat the advantages may be attained in a number of different ways. InFig. 6, I have shown the spring formed in a different manner, here theends of the spring are crossed as shown at let, and the loops 1 5 and16, are intended to receive the stitchingand to serve with theperforation 17, in securing the device in operative position.

It maybe found that for delicate garments theianchored spring shown inFig. 6, would not yield with sufficient readiness, therefore I haveshown in Fig. 7, a spring fashioned in the manner shown in l and 2, butwith the ends extending beyond the periphery of the socket member 18,and shaped to provide stitching loops 19 and 20.

As in each of the Figs. 6 and 7,4111 additional perforation 17, isrequired for securing the member in position, the use of the loops 16 or19 suggest that the spring maybe formed as shown in Fig. 8, where anadditionaleye 21, is shaped in the spring which 'eye will assist theloops 22 and 23, in completing the securing of the member in position. 2r I have not attempted to show all of the constructions possible, buthave only set forth a few that have developed in my experiments and thatI have found to contain the principle intended to be claimed by me, andI believe'that it is obvious that other modifications may be made withinthe scope of the appended claims without departing from the principleofsacrificing the advantages of the invention.

The member, 8, may have a centrally arranged recess'instead of. aperforation for receiving or guiding the upper end of the post 2, such adisk is shown inFig. 9, where 24 indicates the disk, and 25 the recess.

Having carefully and fully described my inventiom'what I'olaim anddesire to secureby Letters Patent is: i

'1. A garment fastener comprising a plurality of disks, one .of whichsupports a post, and the other of which is provided with a perforation,aspiring having a sub stantially closed loop overlying a portion of saidperforation, and adapted to engage said post, bends in said springadapted to follow the coiitour'of'said'disk.

'A garment fastener comprising a post provided with a circumferentialgroove, a disk having a perforation adapted to reewe said postandaspring provided with a plurality of substantially closed loops oneof which is to retainsaid'post as said perforation."

3. A garmentfastener having a grooved post, and a'perforated disk, saidpost being adapted to engage upon the edges of the perforation of saiddisk and a spring having a substantially circular loop overlying saidperforation for over one half of the periphery for'nioving said; postaway from one edgeof the perforation of said disk.

A garment fastenerhaving' a post member, and a dished member, saiddished member being providedwith a perforation for the reception of saidpost, a spring in said dished member, andhaving an eye approximatelycoii'icidingjwith said perforation and a disk secured in'saiddishedmemher for retaining said spring in operative position andforgnifdingsaid post.

CHARLES READ.

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